Deputy Director: Dr. Charles Greenfield (GA)
Assistant Director for ITER Liaison: Dr. Nermin Uckan (ORNL)
Council Chair: Dr. Amanda Hubbard (MIT)
Council Vice-Chair: Dr. Michael Zarnstorff (PPPL)

Chuck Greenfield will take over as Deputy Director from Tony Taylor. There will be a transition period until May 1, during which the responsibilities for this position will be transferred from Tony to Chuck. Chuck had been serving as the leader of the Topical Group on Steady-State Operation. Tony has been named Director of the DIII-D National Fusion Program.

Nermin Uckan will assume the new position of Assistant Director for ITER Liaison. She also serves as leader of the Topical Group on Fusion Engineering Science.

In addition, Emily Hooks (512-471-1485, ehooks@mail.utexas.edu) will take over as USBPO Administrator from Joan Welc-LePain.

For further information:
Dr. James W. Van Dam
Director, US Burning Plasma Organization
512-471-1322
vandam@physics.utexas.edu